Lander | Open House

Lander | Study Abroad

Lander | Undergraduate Admissions

Lander | Career Services

Lander | Bearcat for a Day

Lander | Registrar

Lander | Daily Visits

Lander | Academic Catalog

Lander | Areas of Study

Lander | Jackson Library

When selecting a user interface component with the keyboard, the focus indicator must 
not be completely obscured by anything in front of it.

## Why this matters

When using a keyboard, it is important that the user can see where they are on the page.
If the focus indicator is obscured, the user may not know where they are, and may not
be able to interact with the page.

## Examples

Most common examples include:

* Banners at the top or bottom of the page, such as cookie banners
* Fixed navigation bars
* Fixed footers
* Popup modals, such as cookie consent modals

## How to fix

With elements that cover part of the screen, such as cookie banners, ensure
that the user can scroll to see any content behind the banner, without having to close
the banner.

With popup modals, it should usually be impossible to focus anything behind the modal.
Most common modal frameworks will automatically trap focus within the modal, so that
this is impossible. Example: [Bootstrap Modal](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/components/modal/#live-demo).

## Further reading

This is part of the draft WCAG 2.2 specification and is subject to change.

* [WCAG 2.4.12](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/focus-not-obscured.html)

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June 2025

Lander University

	Title / URL	Issues
	Lander \| Open Housewww.lander.edu/admissions/campus-visits/open-house.html	14
	Lander \| Study Abroadwww.lander.edu/academics/study-abroad/index.html	14
	Lander \| Undergraduate Admissionswww.lander.edu/admissions/undergraduate/index.html	14
	Lander \| Career Serviceswww.lander.edu/academics/career-services/index.html	14
	Lander \| Bearcat for a Daywww.lander.edu/admissions/campus-visits/bearcat-day.html	14
	Lander \| Registrarwww.lander.edu/academics/registrars-office/index.html	14
	Lander \| Daily Visitswww.lander.edu/admissions/campus-visits/daily-visits.html	14
	Lander \| Academic Catalogwww.lander.edu/academics/academic-catalog/index.html	14
	Lander \| Areas of Studywww.lander.edu/academics/areas-study.html	13
	Lander \| Jackson Librarywww.lander.edu/academics/jackson-library.html	13

Ensure focus is not fully obscured

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